List of border conflicts

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The following is a list of border conflicts between two or more countries. The list includes only those fought because of border disputes.

19th century

Start	Finish	Conflict	Combatants	Fatalities
1846	1848	Mexican–American War	United States v. Template:Country data A table	~29,000
1879	1883	War of the Pacific	Chile v.  Bolivia and  Peru	~10,000

20th century before World War II

Start	Finish	Conflict	Combatants	Fatalities
1910	1918	Border War	United States v.  Mexico	100+
1932	1935	Chaco War	Bolivia v.  Paraguay	~100,000
1938	1938	Battle of Lake Khasan	Soviet Union v.  Japan	~1,300
1939	1939	Slovak–Hungarian War	Slovakia v.  Hungary	66
1939	1939	Battle of Khalkhin Gol	Soviet Union and  Mongolia v.  Japan and  Manchukuo	~16,000

1945–2000

Start	Finish	Conflict	Combatants	Fatalities
1947	1948	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947	Pakistan v.  India	~3,000
1950	Ongoing (ceasefire signed in 1953)	Korean War	South Korea v.  North Korea	2 419 010+
1962	1962	Sino-Indian War	PRC v.  India	~4,000
1965	1965	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965	Pakistan v.  India	~6,800
1966	1989	South African Border War	Angola v.  South Africa	Unknown
1967	1967	Chola incident	India v.  People's Republic of China	~5
1969	1969	Sino-Soviet border conflict	PRC v.  Soviet Union	Unknown
1971	1971	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971	Pakistan v.  India	~4,000+
1979	1990	Sino-Vietnamese conflicts 1979–1990	Vietnam v.  China	Unclear
1980	1988	Iran–Iraq War	Iran v.  Iraq	1–2 million[1]
1981	1981	Paquisha War	Ecuador v.  Peru	~10
1982	1982	1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War	Ethiopia v.  Somalia	Unknown
1984	1987	Siachen Conflict	Pakistan v.  India	~2,400.
1985	1985	Agacher Strip War	Burkina Faso v.  Mali	179
1987	1987	1987 Sino-Indian skirmish	India v.  People's Republic of China	Unknown
1987	1988	Thai–Laotian Border War	Thailand v.  Laos	~1,000
1989	1991	Mauritania–Senegal Border War	Mauritania v.  Senegal	Unknown
1995	1995	Cenepa War	Ecuador v.  Peru	~450
1998	2000	Eritrean-Ethiopian War	Ethiopia v.  Eritrea	~70,000
1999	1999	Kargil War	India v.  Pakistan	~4,500

21st century

Start	Finish	Conflict	Combatants	Fatalities
2000	2006	2000-2006 Shebaa Farms conflict	Israel v.  Lebanon	30
2001	2001	2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict	India v.  Bangladesh	20
2008	2008	2008 Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict	Djibouti v.  Eritrea	144
2008	2012	Cambodian–Thai border dispute	Cambodia v.  Thailand	42
2012	2012	2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict	Sudan v.  South Sudan	262–322
2012	2014	Syrian–Turkish border clashes (2012–14)	Syria v.  Turkey	17

See also

• List of territorial disputes

References